Extended desktop iMac to iMac

Hello, I have two 20inch Intel iMacs at work and I'd like to use one as my main machine and use one in extended desktop mode. Is it possible to just use the screen of the other iMac? If so, how would I go about hooking it up?
Thank you,
-Kevin

Kevin,
Patrick Stein, the developer of ScreenRecycler, regularly(ish) contributes here in Apple Discussions. Here is his profile:
http://discussions.apple.com/profile.jspa?userID=302226
If you click on the website link in his profile, look down to the left, there is a "Who am I' box. Within that box there is a link which, when clicked, fires up your email client with his email address in the To: field.
Give him a shout. I'm sure he'd be more than happy to suggest various ways to get the software working for you at it's optimum speed and be able to offer suggestions with regards to the resolution issue you are having.
Seems like a stand-up geeza and a pretty cool dude
Kryten

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